Summer Camps - Young People aged 15 – 17

Young Persons Week

We will not be holding a separate week for young people aged 15 - 17 this year.  Please see the Summer 2009 camp dates

Camper criteria to attend an Over the Wall Camp

Sick Children / Young People

• Must have been diagnosed with a serious physical or life-threatening illness.
• They should be under the care of a Hospital Consultant.
• Their hospital consultant must sign a consent form stating that in their opinion they can attend camp. If the child is not under the care of a Consultant the General Practitioner can sign the form.
• They must be aged between 8 and 17 years (for legal reasons the child must be at least 8 years old when they attend camp).
• The child does not have to be on regular medication.

General guidelines

Behaviour

OTW staff and volunteers are unable to care for children who have severe behavioural conditions such as those on an Autistic spectrum. We do however understand that medication can cause mood swings and that children who have been diagnosed with a serious illness can often have low moods. We will have no problem in accepting these children. This applies to both siblings and sick children.

Lifting

We are unable to take children / young people who are cannot weight bear to transfer. We will however look at individual cases and assess accordingly.

Cystic fibrosis

We are unfortunately not able to take children with cystic fibrosis due to the risk of cross infection.

 

For more information or to request an application pack please contact the Camper Recruitment Manager on 01420 81943 or e-mail.